Training in sales and negotiation

Higher conversion.
Better terms.

Challenge • Convert • Capitalize

We train your sales and negotiation teams to stop giving discounts too quickly, to keep conversations focused on value, and to hold the line under pressure. Through diagnosis, intervention and embedding. Not a standalone training, but a structured trajectory that turns new behavior into standard practice.

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Sales

Conversations that shift from price to value

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Negotiation

Closing deals without unnecessary concessions

Trusted by market leaders across industries

Does this sound familiar?

57%

The decision is already made

More than half of the buying decision is already formed before your team gets the call. Your client doesn’t call to learn what you do. They call to confirm what they already think they know. Source: Gartner, Future of Sales 2025

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Your real bandwidth

Buyers spend just 17% of their purchase time on all suppliers combined. Whether you sit on the sales or procurement side of the table: whoever uses that 5% best, determines the outcome. Source: Gartner, B2B Buying Journey

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The cost of premature negotiation

A 1% higher price yields 8% more profit. Yet salespeople routinely give away discounts before the client even grasps the value. They harvest while they should still be sowing. Source: McKinsey, Price Advantage

Those who still rely on ‘a good relationship’ and ‘product knowledge’ as their main weapons are fighting a modern war with medieval tools.

What changes in your team?

After a Zenith trajectory, you see different behavior in conversations. Three changes that commercial managers consistently report.

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Less giveaway

Teams stop giving discounts too quickly and stay focused on value longer. Margins find breathing room.

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More control

Account managers keep control in conversations, even when things get tense. Fewer loose ends, more direction.

More decisions

Conversations stop getting stuck on price and comparison, and lead more often to a concrete decision.

What if your commercial team performs better?

Adjust the values and see what better conversations concretely deliver in revenue, margin and return.

Number of sales professionals8
Annual revenue per sales professional€1.000.000
Current profit margin5%
Expected revenue improvement1%
Expected profit margin improvement0.2%
Training investment€7.950
Additional annual revenue
€150.000
Additional annual profit
€50.000
Return on investment (year 1)
25x

This calculation is a thought exercise. Actual impact depends on a wide range of factors, including your team, the market, products, competition, and implementation.

Why commercial directors choose Zenith

Certainty

Less dependent on the sales hero

Conversations run better and are less dependent on chance or a single top performer.

Ease

One language, one approach

Leaders and teams share a clear structure. Same language, same steps, same approach.

Return

Measurable in margin and conversion

Fewer unnecessary concessions, better margins, higher conversion. ROI expressed in revenue and margin.

Professionalism

More solid with the client

Your teams come across as more solid and professional. That strengthens your position in the market.

Knowledge & inspiration

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Preference behavior in negotiations: How do you play the game?

Preference behavior in negotiations: How do you play the game?

Negotiating goes beyond arguments and numbers. The way you instinctively react under pressure determines your success. Do you recognise your own preferred behaviour?

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The right mindset + strategy in negotiations: How do you get the best deal?

The right mindset + strategy in negotiations: How do you get the best deal?

Negotiating is not just a matter of arguments and strategies, but above all of mindset. How you enter a negotiation largely determines how you come out of it.

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De Impact Formule: van training naar resultaat

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Also as an individual professional?

The same proven Zenith methodology as our in-company programs, but as an open training. For professionals who want to stop competing on price and bring conversations back to value.

Zenith primarily serves B2B organizations and their commercial teams. The methodology we deploy at major organizations is identical to our open trainings, so individual professionals can train at the highest level too.

Ready to give away less and bring in more?

Let us explore in a no-obligation conversation where your team is leaving money on the table today, and how to turn that around.

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What you want to know about Zenith

What exactly does Zenith do?

Zenith trains sales and negotiation teams to change their behavior in conversations: stop giving discounts too quickly, keep the conversation focused on value, hold the line under pressure. We do this through diagnosis (where do conversations get stuck now?), intervention (practicing the moments that matter) and embedding (so new behavior sticks after the training). The result: higher conversion and better margins.

Which organizations is Zenith suitable for?

Zenith works with organizations looking to develop their commercial teams, from growing businesses to multinationals. Our clients are typically CCOs, commercial directors or HR directors in professional services, industry, pharma and government.

What makes Zenith different from other training providers?

Most training providers deliver a program. Zenith delivers behavioral change that sticks. We do not start with a standard setup, but with a diagnosis: where does your team get stuck in conversations, what does that cost in deals and margin? The intervention targets exactly those moments. And because we know behavior dissipates after a two-day training, we build embedding in structurally: coaching on the job, follow-up days, measurable KPIs. That is what clients in more than 500 organizations see back: conversations that lead to decisions more often, deals closed on value more often.

How long does a Zenith program take?

Every program starts with a diagnosis and includes a minimum of 2 days of intensive training. Beyond that, the program is tailored with personal coaching, practice with the AI Sparring Partner, and an Impact Review. A targeted program takes several weeks, an integral program several months.